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Apr 1, 2020 · Operations

Facebook Configurator: Managing Configuration as Code, Validation, Distribution, and Safety

The article explains Facebook's Configurator system, which treats configuration as code, uses Thrift schemas and Python scripts, provides version control, validation, automated canary testing, UI editing, and a robust distribution pipeline to prevent configuration errors across large‑scale services.